Re: bits from the DPL -- mid-April to mid-August 2014

2014-08-26 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Santiago Vila: > To me, it's sad to see that we seem to be officially endorsing Bitcoin > without any debate at all. If we accept Bitcoin, we should probably > accept competing so-called-cryptocurrencies as well. Should Debian > favour one cryptocurrency over the others? > No, but it's the mo

Re: bits from the DPL -- mid-April to mid-August 2014

2014-08-26 Thread Santiago Vila
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 09:40:15AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > The EFF changed its mind two years later. > > > https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/eff-will-accept-bitcoins-support-digital-liberty Ok, from the above link: You can now give Bitcoins to EFF in the same way that you can gi

Re: bits from the DPL -- mid-April to mid-August 2014

2014-08-26 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Santiago Vila wrote (27 Aug 2014 00:08:03 GMT) : > The EFF has a very well written rationale why accepting Bitcoins is > not necessarily a good idea, see point 3 here: > https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/06/eff-and-bitcoin It seems useful to note that, since then, they've decided to accept B

Re: bits from the DPL -- mid-April to mid-August 2014

2014-08-26 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 02:08:03AM +0200, Santiago Vila a écrit : > > I don't think Debian should accept donations in Bitcoin, as such thing > could be considered as an endorsement of Bitcoin. The EFF has a very > well written rationale why accepting Bitcoins is not necessarily a > good idea, see

Re: bits from the DPL -- mid-April to mid-August 2014

2014-08-26 Thread Santiago Vila
On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 09:28:11AM -0700, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Donations in Bitcoin > > > Crytocurrencies have been the subject of a lot of attention recently. > Debian received its first Bitcoin donation, which was handled in a ad-hoc > manner as we don't have any infrastr

Re: bits from the DPL -- mid-April to mid-August 2014

2014-08-25 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 25/08/14 at 14:46 -0700, Paul Wise wrote: > On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > Does this list of expenses mean that you now have a good overview of > > Debian's cash flow? In April, I understood that this was a major > > outstanding problem. I'm happy to see tha

Re: bits from the DPL -- mid-April to mid-August 2014

2014-08-25 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 25/08/14 at 14:13 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 09:28:11AM -0700, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > Debian logo now registered as a trademark > > = > > > Thanks to the work of the Debian trademark team and the Software Freedom > > Law Cen

Re: bits from the DPL -- mid-April to mid-August 2014

2014-08-25 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > Does this list of expenses mean that you now have a good overview of > Debian's cash flow? In April, I understood that this was a major > outstanding problem. I'm happy to see that we are spending Debian money on > useful sprints and event

Re: bits from the DPL -- mid-April to mid-August 2014

2014-08-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 09:28:11AM -0700, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Debian logo now registered as a trademark > = > Thanks to the work of the Debian trademark team and the Software Freedom > Law Center (SFLC), the Debian logo is now officially registered as a

Re: bits from the DPL -- mid-April to mid-August 2014

2014-08-24 Thread Martin Zobel-Helas
Hi, On Sun Aug 24, 2014 at 09:28:11 -0700, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Assets - infrastructure > === > > Other minor expenses: SSL certificates (207€ + 180€), cage nuts (10€), > network switch (417.50€), fans (£43.68), USB cables (£11.39), serial > terminal adapter (39.08€), seri